Dip-net



` UNITED STATESvmfr'lazNT orifice;.

ALBERT B. HANEL, or MILWAUxEnwIscoN'sIn.

DIP-NET.

TooZZ whom t may concern:

` Be it known thatl, ALBERT B. HANEL, a

citizen of "the United States, residing at Milwaukee, county ofMilwaukee, and -State of Wisconsin, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Dip-Nets, ofV which the following is a specification.`

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in folding dip nets,and has for its object, the provision of improved means for securingthev hoop bows or rim sections in position for use, the securing meansbeing of such characterastol facili-y tate adjusting the bows to eitheran extended or a folded position, andtoalso 1 facilitate the removal andreplacement of nets;

In the drawings,- Y

Figurelis a plan view of my improved net, with its parts set up inextended sposi-r tion, and with the connectingportions of the rimsections broken away. Y Fig. 2 is a view showing the rim sectionsdetached from the handle andfolded.

Fig. 3 is a view of the connecting means for the outer ends of the rimsections, showin the sections held in distended position.

ig. 4 isa view similar to Fig. 3, but showing the connecting plate forthe rim section rotated to permit folding of the sections. Y v

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawing, the rimorhoop of my improved dip net is formed of a pair of semi-circular lflatmetal sections or bows 1 and 2, respectively, to which is secured theynet fabric 3, as hereinafter explained, the bows .being slipped throughthe meshes of the fabric.V Y

For detachably securing the bows to a handle 4, each bow is providedatone end with a shank 5 which preferably ycomprises an integralextension ofthe section.V The end portion of the shank is provided witha thickened head having a shoulder 6. The head and also the shoulder maybe conveniently formed .by .folding the extremity of the shankbackwardly as shown. These shanks 5 are adapted toft diametricallyopposed longitudinal channels V7 in the handle 4. A ferrule-S is fittedover the end of the handle and coversthe channels` therein exradius.

Specification of Letters Patent.v Padgetedug, 9 V19721. Application meaApril 14,v ,1919, serial Np. 289,946.

5. The bowsare resilient, when the ends opposite theshanks are connectedin position foruse as hereinafter described,

the resiliency of the metal willtend to causey a separationof theShanks, whereby said shanks are pressed outwardly in the channels78aga1nst the inner surfaces ofthe ferru e the ferrule, wherebythe-Shanks are prevented from withdrawing from the handle unless theyare first pressed. inwardly to the bases ofthe channels 7. The handle4-is' kpressures which might .otherwise permit a releasek of thevfshanksby pushing the shoulders inwardly from their engagement with the inner`ends of the ferrule., f

In'order to increase theresilient pressure upon the shouldered portionsof the Shanks 5 and to cause them to firmly seat'inA the channels, theintermediate portions'of said shanks 5 are preferably transverselybeaded` as shown kat 9 and bowed as shown at 9. v

When in position for use the shoulder at 6 wlll abut the inner ymargin.of'

At the outer side of the Inet, the rim seci tions 1 and 2 are foldablyconnected by .a

coupling disk 10 having a centrally disposedpost 11, and forming a.seating for the notched ends of the bows, theqcoupling disk 10 beingprovided with eccentric slots 1'2 in which pins or rivets `13are'loosely engaged, these pins being' rigidly connected `with theirrespective bows near said notched extremi-V ties, and constituting stud.proj ectionson the bows, having their.- outerends headed to preventythem from lwithdrawing through the slots. The ypostrll may beVfastenedl to the disk 10 in any suitable manner, as by solder.- ing,threading, riveting,- welding, f brazing, etc. The slots12are/diametrically oppose each slot curving from the end "nearest 1to1the ypost 1.1 to-,a point,about-90distant from; such end, andat aprogressively ,increasing The more Vdistant ends of the slots areprovided with radial extensions 14. Y f

The stud projections or headed pins 13 are in such relation to the.couplingfdiskj that when the bows are swung to position vfor useinthe'form of a complete ring, their notched ends will be drawn by theeccentric margins of the disk slots substantially into abutting contactwith the central post 1l,

embraced by the notched ends, as showninv Fig. 3.

When the bows are connected with the handle, the resilience of thematerial will tend to cause the bows to assume a true circular form inwhich they will diverge from the central portion of the disk l2, whichdisk is of course in arplane tangential to Such a circle, but the headsof the Stud 13, being of lgreater diameter thanithe slots 12, preventthe studs from being withdrawn from these slots, and develop a bindingfrictional pressure `upon the Vcoupling disk. This fact, `and the factthat the notched ends of the bows are substantially in abutting contactalong a line transverse to the bows, makes Vit virtually impossible forthe bows toaccidentally fold under ordinary conditions.

`But when it is desired tol foldthe bows,r

there are two methods by which this may be easily accomplished. Unemethod'is to first push the shank heads inwardly in' the handie Slots orchannels until the-shoulders 6 bows willbe swung to position for use toland the heads may pass within the ferrule,

and allow the shanks to be withdrawn. This ,Y

will partially relieve the resilient tension upon thebows.

lease of the Shanks, since the heads vof the' shanks may be more easilypushed inwardly and withdrawn throughthe ferrule.

WhenV the bows are detached from the handle, the Shanks may easily bepassed through the meshes of the netQO at the mout-h or open end of thenet, and thenet may be thus slipped into position lupon the bows asplainly illustrated in Fig. 5. The

net will preferably be thus adjusted to the bows while the latter are ina folded, or'V partially folded, position, after which VVthe distendthemouth of thev net preferably un. der tension.

The ends of the bows which' are connected by the couplingdisk 10 may Iclaim-: 1 l. A` Afoldable net, comprising a rim formed offa. pair ofbows, an oscillatory coupling memberhaving eccentrically curved slots inwhich the bows are slidingly engaged at one side ofthe rim, and a handleadapted to removably connect the ends of the bows at the other side ofthe rim, said coupling member being adapted, in one plosition` ofadjustmentjto hold the bows in a common plane with their endssubstantially in abutting contact.

'2. A foldable net, comprising a net supaortino' rim formed of a Set oflresilient bows a `net thereon, a coupling for the outer ends of thebows, a pair of radially projecting shanksintegral with their innerends, a han-` dle having longitudinal channels adapted to removablyreceive'the Shanks, anda ferrule for a portion `of said channels, theends of Said Shanks having shouldered heads to engage the inner "marginof the ferrule, and said bows Ybeing adapted, when unfolded, to exert aresilient spreading pressure on the Shanks;

3. vfrfi'old'able net, comprising a net supporting rim formed of :a Asetof resilient bows, a net thereon7 a coupling for the outer ends of thebows, a pair of radially projectingshanks' integral with their innerends, a' handley having longitudinal channels adapted `to removablyreceive the' Shanks, and afferrule for a portion of said channels, theends of V'said shanks having shouldered heads to engage'the inner marginof the fer rule', `and saidv bows being adapted,4 when unfolded, toexert a resilient spreading pressure on the Shanks, said Shanks beingadapt-A ed, when released from thehandle, topass through tlie'meshe's ofMa net, and to direct t-he bows therethrough to release or replacethenet I "I n fl. A foldable net,` compr'ising arim formed of "apair ofbows,"an oscillatory coupling member havingeccentrically 'curved slotsin which the bows are slidably engaged at-one end ofthe rim, andafhandle to removably connect 'theends of the bows at the other side ofthe rim, said coupling member being adapted in oneposition of adjustmentto hold the bows against rotation and in a common plane. withjth'eirendssubstantially in abutting contact. Y i

In testimony whereofl affix'my signature inthe presence 'of twowitnesses.

ALBERT! B; Haunt.

